Jews living in Judea and Samaria warned earlier in the year that terror on the road was likely to increase after Highway 60 and Highway 443 were opened up to traffic from the Palestinian Authority.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that the highway, a major artery connecting northern Jerusalem with the city of Modi'in and Ben Gurion International Airport, must be open to Arabs from the PA despite the risk of terrorism. Highway 443 has been closed to PA traffic since the Second Intifada in 2002 because of dozens of terrorist attacks on the road.